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4 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, SATURDAY... ... September 9, 1893. Editor, CROSBY 8..NOYES. THE EVENING STAK has a regular and permanent circulation in Washingten three times larger than that of any other paper in the city. As a local NEWS paper and Ad- vertising Medium it hus no competitor. Whatever the real causes of the’ financial depression may be Washington has been with good reason the last American city to 1 the full force of the distrustful tendency and the first to show reliable symptoms of recovery. If, as so many suppose, the main source of financial evil has been the country’s gold depletion, end the remedy ts to be found in the rapidly approaching repeal of the pur- chase clause of the Sherman act, then a cure will be effected without any direct local inconvenience from the medicine ad- ministered to the patient. Silver producing communities and those directly dependent upon them will suffer temporarily more from the remedy than they have from the diseas2, and they will be entitled to the sympathy which belongs to individuals who undergo hardship for the general welfare. ‘Washington Is not a silver-producing com- munity. Since Rock Creek Park was ac- quired the District has not figured to any considerable extent as a rich mining coun- try, and its product, whatever it may amount to, is gold. If, as some contend, injurious finarcial legislation ts only one of several causes of the depression, and the “naaufacturing communities and those directly dependent upon them will not enjoy the return of full prosperity until the uncertainty in respect to democratic tariff legislation becomes certainty and until these communities have adjusted themselves after hardship ard distress to the changed conditions, this local postponement of good times will not apply to Washington. The capital is not without its manufactures, but it handles ro great staples, does not rely primartly upon these industries for support and en- courages, as it should, only light and clean manufacturing which will not interfere with the city’s pre-eminent attractions as a place of residence. Its great factories are the government work shops, whose pro- ducts and wages are not directly affected by the tariff, whose workmen are promptly. and, as a rule, liberally paid, neither in- dulging in strikes nor suffering from lock- outs. Washington is not a ~aanufacturing community in the sense that it must ap- prehend direct injury from the prospective tariff legislation. If, whatever may be the secondary causes, the existing stringency and depression mere- ly mark the reaching of the low- est point in the circle in which the Business world continually _ revolves— a circle which carries men in succes- sion through confidence and prosperity, over-confidence, reckless speculation, and inflation, growing suspicion, and stringency for the rashly speculative, then universal distrust, panic, contraction and distress,— there is no local cause to prevent business Washington from rising into the phase of ecnfidence and prosperity with the present upward motion of the revolving wheel. ‘The capital {s the republic in miniature and it cannot fail to show forth, as it has done recently, any condition which prevails throughout the nation. But it is free from any additional local drawbacks. The rising sun of American business prosperity may reasonably be expected to gild it as a lofty mountain peak, long before the inspiring rays can reach the valleys in which our distressed manufacturing and silver-produc- ing communities may be supposed to lle. —— Athletic Washington will doubtless view with satisfaction the efforts which today are being made on the Potomac by visiting ‘nd local oarsmen. For some reason or other Washington has for several years been a little short of that delightful variety of muscular talent which was just a little better than the muscle of which other cities were and are justly proud. In times gone by our boat clubs were more than things of beauty, and occasionally achieved con- siderable distinction, but in these latter days they have lain upon their oars, as it were, and have been content to see inferior organizations from smaller cities capture honors that should have come here. For this decadence of athletics there is un- doubtedly a reason; one that may ¢gasily be found by any careful investigator. From today there should be a revival of the spirit of healthy rivairy; a breathing of the breath of life into the nost: of almost un- conscious organizations. Riflemen of the District National Guard have set a good example, and have shown the world that Washington can produce men of much more than average ability in one line of athletic endeavor. Let the boat clubs follow their example. Today's program ts a good one. ‘There ts a creditable numbe: entries and the entire proceedings have the appearance of animation. It is to be hoped that Wash- ington’® representatives will so toil that their deeds may be creditable to themselves and to the city in which they dwell. —__ se There is considerable relief in the an-| nouncement that no matter how much of a row there may be in Brazil—and the odds are all in favor of a considerable disturb- ance—the city of Rio Janeiro will not suffer bombardment. President Pe oF other lost controt of the Brazilian navy and for a wh seemed as though the revolutionists woul! destroy the city, but a conference of the f reign admirals now in Brazilian waters zesulted in the sensible concluston on the part of these officers to interfere, even to the point of bloodshed, that the city might not be razed to the ground. European nations and the United States have large interests in the city of Kio and the business that comes through it, and those interests must not be dangered every th Mittle family quar the heade factions cannot agree as to governmental Methods let them retire to some spot where slaughter will not endanger the lives and fortunes of the many residents of Rio who are not Brazilians, and then blaze away to their heart's content. a It fs not right that men who are practi- cally fired out of their own countries should Fevenge themselves by making incendiary speeches in this on a A queer, indescribable beast is reported as prowling about Connecticut. Perhaps the sea serpent is amphibious. — 0. “The new system is not, however, totally bad. There has been a marked decrease of @runkerness since it went into operaticn. In the municipality of which the writer is chief executive officer the police have not mad¢ an arrest for drunkenness since July 1." That corament on the Tillman law, not quite thoroughly enforced throughout the whole of South Carolina, comes from the pen of W. G. Chafee, mayor of Aiken, one of the busy towns in the somewhat disturb- ed state. This unquestionably powerful argument in favor of a much abused i is in this instance nothing less than ex- remarkable for {t comes at the end of a vigorous assault upon the statute and those who are responsible either fo: enactment or its operation. The is condemned by Mayor Chafee is paternal, becau list teaching. to perpet en- because it threw seve: of citizens out of employm spies are needed to enforce the law, cause the dignity of th when the commonwe: retail Iquor business. ing that which was doubt! to be @ crushing if condensed « ciation the mayor overturns everything by the frank admission that in nearly two months there has not been ni t for @runkenness in the community which he reigns. What more could he What ate ered into the And after construct- azilians start a | 1| placed before the public, but the Senate better testimony could be offered in the law's behalf? May we not easily afford to wink at paternalism that is so clearly bene- ficial? The use of detectives—or as, for de- nunelatory purposes, they are tezmed— “spies,” is not criminal; wherever there are regulations looking to the public good there must also be those who will see to it that the regulations ure rigidly enforced, and if South Carolinians are not sufficiently law abiding to obey the statutes enacted by a large majority of their instructed repre- sentatives they must resign themselves to more’ or less of association with the men who are employed to compel good behavior. Unless Aiken's experience is uncommon it will not be long ere even the most violent opponents of the dispensary law must ad- mit that it has in it a great deal of virtue. Absence of public intoxication means tre- mendous reduction in municipal, county and state expenses. Drunkenness is the cause of at least seven-tenths of the crime which blackens the history of today and a diminution of cause cannot do otherwise than bring about a diminution of effect. Give the Tillman law a chance; it is prob- ably a very good thing. —__ + ++ ___ Worthy of all attention and certata of favorable response from those who love their fellow beings is the proclamation is- sued by Gov. Tillman of South Carolina to the people of the United States appealing for contributions with which to alleviate the distress of those who suffered by the storm that did so much damage on the southeastern coast. The story of disaster has not and probably never will be fully told. Not less than twenty thousand pec- ple are utterly destitute, and at season of the year when they can do but little to help themselves. The governor says that a sufficiency of bread will alone cost rot less than $75,000. It will be fully eleven months before there can be reproduction of the crops that were swept away, and until that time the thousands of unfortunates must subsist almost entirely upon the char- ity of those who have enough and to spare. Says the governor: “Medicines, bed cloth- ing, anything-that can be used in a house— because everything is gone—will be thank- fully recetyed. We can buy these things with money, but if money is not to be had don’t hesitate to contribute. Send al! con- tributions to me.” There should be no hesitation in replying to this pointed ap- peal. Surely it shall never be said that in this great land worthy but unfortuaate vic- tims of a disaster which was beyond burman control were permitted to starve for lack of food or go uncovered because there was not enough of charity to clothe them. This fs the time when it will be profitable to pack capacious boxes full of old, but yet serviceable, clothing, and to forward them in care of Gov. Tiflman. If you have no oid clothes send money. —_—___ soo ——_— Capt. Derby, the engineer officer whose sound recommendations on matters of ma- terial importance to the District were print- ed in yesterday's Star, suggests that there be established in this city a street lighting plant to be owned by the District and oper- ated by the District's employes. This propo- sition should receive careful consideration. Municipal street lighting has been success- ful elsewhere, denial by interested parties to the contrary notwithstanding, and if corporations find the work sufficiently profit- able to induce large expenditures for es- tablishment, extension and improvement, surely the work can be as economically done by the government. Street lighting by gas is now an ancient and unsatis- factory method. Hundreds of villages having long ago indulged in what to Wash- ington is the luxury of electric lamps. If this is a business-like Congress it will give some thought to the illuminatory sugges- tion renewed by Capt. Derb; an ‘The defeat of the home rule bill In the house of lords is accomplished by a major- ity which renders hopeless a reversal of the vote by the creation of new lords. In cther conflicts between the house of lords and the house of commons the former have in the end given way, but in these cases the pub- lic sentiment as expressed in the popular house was unmistakable, and the vote in the upper house was close enough to make effective the threat of the creation of new lords. In the next house of commons Gld- stone must secure a strong and determined majority for his policy, omitting the Iris! members from the calculation, in order to have any chance whatever of overcoming the house of lords. The obstacles in the path of Irish home rule are many and great, but Gladstone will apply himself to the herculean task of removing them with un- abated vigor and enthusiasm. It grows more and more doubtful, however, whether the venerable statesman will live to see his hopes in respect to home rule realized. ——___ += A great deal more importance is likely to be attached to the cup-defender trial race today than to that which ocerrad last Thursday. The Pilgrim was incapacitated for work, and the Jubilee was disabled by an accident very soon after the start. ‘This left two yachts in the race, and of these the Colonia was declared the winner, but the decision was such a close one that it does little or nothing toward establish- ing any claim to actual superiority over | the Vigilant. The race, however, gave as- surance that there is at hand material that will be a credit to the country at the final trial, and by its closeness adds to the interest in the contest announced for today. ——_++=—_—_. Some fear is manifested that an effort | may be made to introduce the California | oyster to the aristocratic waters of the Chesapeake bay. The general impression | is im favor of allowing the western bivalve to enjoy his glorious climate undisturbed. Individually he is undesirable as a gastro- | nomic quantity, and the east cannot take | chances in having its oysters subjected to the influences of bad company. oo A number of broken records are being | does not seem disposed to come forward | with a contribution in the line of quick | legislation. —~--——_—_—__ There will be a general feeling of sus pense until it is known whether Mr. Wilis of Kentucky, the recently appointed min- | ister to Hawali, will discover a new brand | of annexation sentiment. wee Mr. Chang, a ferocious gentleman, who discharges the office of viceroy to Chi | is anxious to occupy, as nearly as possible, the relation to Caucasians in China that Mr. Geary holds toward Chinese in America. tee The achievement of the young woman | who broke the bank at Monte Carlo is be- | ing discredited with a vigor that suggests professional jealousy somewhere. More Delay. twaddle still kept up in 3 me simply an intolerable | public . Sensible Senators are evi- dently tired of it and the country fs dis- gusted with it. It is none the less deplor- jable or reprehensible because business is brightening up and public confidence 1s returning. These encouraging results are the fruits of the House's action on the sil- The er. ave come in spite of the could be greatly ad- at body for repeal majority to demand silver extremists simply talking against time end filibuster- jing for delay. They are playing the part ctionists. This should not be coun- he i up a 1-cent e 0. ; I've noticed other indi- he hoarding of money 1s com- soe f Very Hard Times. As showin bold hi palace ss of the times a x hel up a ¥ porter and “only got $4” THE WEEK. Business has improved steadily and con- tinues to get better; a pleasing condition of affairs due in part to the widespread be- Uef that the Senate will ultimately vote to repeal the silver-purchase act of 189. From all parts of the country comes reliable in- formation as to the revival of industries that have for some time past been slumber- ing because of financial and tariff uncer- tainties. Reliable prophecy as to the date when the silver men in the Senate will per- mit the majority to reach a vote is not now to be had, but there is an impression abroad that the act desired by so many people will be in the hands of the Presi- dent within little more than a week. Labor day was celebrated in many cities by pa- rades and open-air meetings of considera- ble magnitude. There is possibility of serious disagreement between some of the railroad corporations and their employes, effurts to reduce wages having resulted in threats to strike on the Lake Erle and Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Gov. Tillman ‘of South Caro- lina has appealed to the public to aid the thousands who are suffering from the fects of the terrific hurricane which did so much damage on the coasts of South Caro- lina and Georgia; the distress is really very great. Acquiescing in the request of the governments of Brazil and the Argen- tine Republic, President Cleveland has agreed to act as arbitrator in the matter of disputed territory. The new German min- ister, Baron Von Saurma Jeltsch, first to Tepresent Germany as an ambassador to the United States, and Yang Yu, the new minister from China, have arrived and have been formally received. Among the notable dead of the week were Hamilton Fish, who was Secretary of State when Gen. Grant was President; Col. Jerome Bonaparte, Mrs. Elizabeth’ McNair and Mrs. Mary Murphy—the two latter con- spicuous only because of thelr advanced age, Mrs. McNair being 110 and Mrs. Mur- phy 106. In Other Lands. A considerable proportion of the public Interest seemed to center around the Em- peror William of Germany, who has ap- parently been endeavoring to stir up trou- ble with France by his military maneuvers in what was until a few years ago French territory and by his loudly-uttered com- ments everywhere he goes. ‘Ihe bill for the division of the Belgian constitution passed the Belgian senate by a large majority. Russia and Germany are still fighting each other with prohibitory tariffs and there is @ reasonably solid rumor to the effect that more than 10) Russians—five of them women of rank—have been arrested on the sus- picion of being conspirators against the fe of the czar. Gladstone's home rule bill has been defeated by an overwhelming vote in the house of lords, and the English voters will soon be called upon to decide between the two houses of parliament. , There has been considerable troublé with coal miners in Wales, while in York- shire some extremely ‘riotous demonstra- tions have been indulged in by strikers. The twenty-sixth annual congress of the trades unions of Great Britain and Ireland— where 400 delegates represented 1,200,000 or- ganized workingmen—has been held during the week. The American yacht Navahoe has been beaten twice by the Prince of Wales’ yacht Britannia, and is now pre- paring to be beaten once more. Emin Pa- sha, the African explorer, is once more re- ported dead; this time the rumor ts prob- ably true. Cholera still annoys in many parts of Europe and Asia, but the death rate {s not as high as many of the medical experts expected {t would have been. Bra- zil and Hayti are both enjoying incipient rebellions. ‘Within the District. ‘The most important local event of the week was the assembling here of the Pan- American medical congress, which was de- clared open by the President, and after a session of several days adjourned yesterday to meet in the City of Mexico in 19% or 1897. Robert S. Wharton was killed by the cab! cars, and Harry W. King by the Tenley- town electric cars, the coroner's jury in each instance holding the railroad em- ployes_ blameless. District Commissioner John W. Ross narrowly escaped death as the result of being struck by a cable car. ‘The so-called trial of Capt. Mitchell of the revenue cutter Crawford for alleged im- proper conduct on his vessel commence, and the greatest secrecy was maintained. In the suit entered by Miss Pollard against Representative Breckenridge of Kentucky, claiming $50,000 damages for alleged breach of promise, the defendant filed a demurrer. The Attorney General fled an information against the Metropolitan railroad praying for the forfeiture of the road's charter, be- cause of its failure to substitute other than horse power on Its road. The Court of Ap- peals met after Its summer recess and ad- journed at the request of members of the bar to the 19th Instant. Capt. Derby urged the use of more secure fenders on the cable cars, and also submitted, estimates for en- larging the sewerage ani ig systems of the District during the coming fiscal year, recommending that provision be made for carrying out at an early day the com- prehensive plans of the board of san‘tery engineers. Health Officer Hammett gave up the yellow fever suspect,the schooner Isooth. as lost, and discontinued the nightly patrol of the river. Prince Yorihito Komatsu, a nephew of the Mikado of Japan, visited the city, and was presented to the President. —__ +++ —___—_ SHOOTING STARS. “T can at least go down with colors fly- ing,” said the kalsominer when his foot slipped. Micted. “{ don't know what to do for my new | parrot,” she said. “Poor thing!" “Why, I don’t see what you want with it. It doesn’t talk a bit.” “That'= why I sympathize with it. The dealer assured me that it is a wonderfully intelligent bird; and it must be deaf and dumb.” ‘On the Trail. “Do you want a time-table, sir?” sald the man at the depot to a professional detective. “Ah, thanks my friend. You have ren- dered me an inestimable service. I have for hours been looking for a clue by which I might catch a train to New York.” At the Library. ‘The readers who are there in line Could tell us, without doubt, Why some big books are kept so fine ‘While the novels all wear out. Discouraging. “Did you call on Mr. Puttemoff?” asked the merchant of the man who had been out collecting. “Yes, sir.” ‘Did he pay anything?” ‘Not a thing. I couldn't even get him to pay attention.” Of the Canal. A tow-path mule while practicing His merry little pranks, Exclaimed, “I'm getting ready for A run upon the banks.” ‘The oyster-crop is So great a success that a prediction that the church-fair joke crop will be a failure is fully warranted. ‘To the Senators. Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Prythee be calm! Salute one another with stately salaam. Mind the nice manners that Senators are Supposed to preserve at a point above par. Notwithstanding delay, remain gentle and good, If the public can stand should. it, you certainly + = ——__—_ The Financial Situation. From the New York Tribune. It is beginning to be understood that the situation in business and commerc:al as: pects does not depend altogether upon the action of Congress on this matter. Con- has done nothing, but there is obun- of money In elrculation, and every prospect that the available supply will soon ly increased by the release of mon- ey hoarded when a collapse o? banking institutions was feared, The abund: money available tn all commercial ¢ {bears witness that the real difficulty this hour is no longer scareity of currency, but on earcity of confidence in the fu- ture. Whether this want of confidence kas been due mainly to the uncertaint the silver que about the tariff, yet remains to * * * These things do not I obligation,which every member of Congress should feel, to remove as promptly as possi- bie the difficulty regarding the currency which it ts now in the power of Senators to clear away. It fs not in thelr power to set- tle the tariff question as yet. They can Mertz And Mertz. Haven't said 8 word for a month, But beginning with today we are going to talk—about GARMENTS—not ready-made— but the OTHER kind—the kind that FIT— the kind that our low prices have made FAMOUS. During all this time that we've Deen quiet we have been hard at work— “HUSTLING” for things that you are coing to meed pretty soon. We have carried our “wad” right with us—all the. TIME—and whenever we ran across a bargain in CLOTH—we've GRABBED it—paid spot cash for t-and on Monday next you'll find it hanging in graceful folds on. our racks— READY for you. We deferred oy buying until the LAST MOMENT—severaf manufuc- turers and importers who were over- Stocked were glad to SEE us—for we had MONEY. We have PARTED with the best Part of our “‘wad'’—but it has placed us in Possession of the greatest and handsumest Stock of cloth ever seen in the city—and we shan't SLEEP good ‘til you've scen it. ‘We've been scheming for greater OUTLET for our goods—“and we have FOUND {t—our Bame is already over the door of wr RAL- TIMORE STORE—No. 28 E. Baltimore street, near the corner of St. Paul. Now let the band play—we're going to stay right by the man with the bass drum—we are ready to measure you for wat B15 Suit—and there's cloth here chin deep for you to select from. Mertz And Mertz, MODERN PRICE TAILORS, 906 F Sx N. W. ty LANSBURGH & BRO. A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR DRESS GOODS. WE ARE NOT AT ALL SUR- PRISED THAT OUR DRESS GOODS SALON IS CONTINU ALLY THRONGED — WITH CROWDS OF EAGER PUR CHASERS. OUR BUYER HAS. NOT BEEN IN THE LEAST CONSERVATIVE IN HIS PURCHASES —IN FACT VHINGS HAVE BEEN QUITE TO THE CONTRARY, A HE CLAIMS THAT THE 4 SORTMENT THIS SEASON WILL ECLIPSE ALL FORM. ER DISPLAYS, IN’ SELECT- ING THE MULTITUDE oF DRESS STUFFS EVERY DE- TAIL HAS BEEN ‘TECHNT. CALLY WEIGHED — RELA- WILL pis PLAY THIS WEEK SOME RARE NOVELTIES IMPORT. ED BY US AND GUARAN WorTH. TEED TO BE EXCLU DIRECT FROM THE ING TI 2 EUROPI ROURETTE FABRIC 18 MEDIUM TEXTURE AND IS COM. POSED OF A SILK WaRP AND WOOL FILLING WITIL AN OVERSHOT OF SILK, FORMING AN IRIDESCENT EFFECT. 42-INCH—$1.50. SHADOW OMBRE CHEV- I0T. THIS FABRIC IS WORN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR TAILOR-MADE GOWNS, HAS THE TEXTURE OF A BROADCLOTH AND COMES IN A VARIETY OF FALL SHADES. 45 INCHES WIDE ~$2.00 YARD. POINTELLE SOIE. WE SHOW THIS HANDSOME FABRIO IN BLUE, BROWN AND GREEN, 46 INCHES— $2.75. IMPORTED PANAMA CLOTH. 48 INCHES WIDE— $2.50 YARD. CLOTH DEPARTMENT IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE LARGEST SOUTH OF OUR NEW YORK, NOT ONLY IN VOLUME OF STOCK CAR- RIED, BUT IN VARIETY oF RADES AND COLORS FINE CLOTH IN A RAN OF FALL COLORS FULL INCHES WIDE AT $1.00 YARD. IN FRENCH GERMAN CLOTHS DEI PELTZER AND —CURDONNIER — ARE THE PRINCIPAL CONTRIB- UTORS. PRICES ARE $1.50, $2.00 AND $2.75 PER YARD. ALL CLOTHS —SPONGED FREE OF CHARGE, LANSBURGH & BRO. se9 420, 422, 424, 426 7TH STREET. ISTIC COLORINGS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO WASIL BEV EARS oll the huuds or gusrds useless, and, better than Tost’ motion th: AR OUT, make it clear that the currency of the country is not to be debased. sprocket climbing and noi cause. Call and see. th eyele at 701 12th st. uw. CANNOT. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, 10TH. 11TH AND F STS X.W. —.— Our Millinery Opening. Latest Fall Styles in PARIS HATS AND BONNETS. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 13TH, 14TH. Monday, September 11, Preliminary Showing and Sale Of Curtains, Portieres, Decorative and Uphol- stery Stuffs For Autumn of ’93. rs meet this month—housefurnishing needs. You are all interested, to some extent, at least, in home decorating and decorations, but not one in a dozen, perhaps, fully realizes the ease with which a bome may be made fresh and cheery witb draperies and fixings. A little time, a little thought and a little money—very Uttle. This branch of our business is stronger, At one point all housek dette fed today than in ear that is past. The Upholstery Store never looked so well— ever had wo muny rich ‘tufts for aking bome attraciive. ‘Tbe goods are all Dew. with wew graces in designs 01 it ideas that you'll. wonder were never thought of before. ‘The prices on every ‘thing ‘as low as welcan make them, ofttimes lower than the same things ean be bought for, auy were, fn ‘aking our’ selections for the autuin season one object has been kept steadily In view — tasteful furnishing without extravagant outlay. To this end every effort has been made with the test skili and care to secure from the best mannfacturers and iinyorters such things ouly as, ‘our judgment, are in each class the best, the most cal, and. at the same time, the most economical in prices. AS the result of our constant, and, we believe, well directed’ endeavors for ‘mouths past, we now offer a stock of Upholstery Goods, which, we Delleve, will not ouly give e ve a ive to. 3 Seogriait as Monday, We bhai! muke-a special display and-sale of the mew autumn styles of, cur. tains apd rich fabrics in the Upholstery ment, including many novelties of our own direct Amportation—a wilderness of bright, seasonable things. Perhaps the most prominent feature of this occasion will be The Lace Curtains. More kinds than you would expect to see in two stores, Novelties not to be found elsewhere— Decuuse imported direct and confined to us. About The Prices. are not_matchable hereabouts. We buy three stocks in one—three stocks for three cities, all in-s lump Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, Our distributing capacity ts almost limit: Tess, and gives us a corresponding purebasing capacity. Iu short,we hand the directly from the maker to you with only one profit added to the wetual cost of production, Ask To See The “Pompadour” Lace Curtains HANDSOMELY WROUGAT ON AN EXTRA HEAVY FCRU NETWORK, SHADING TO GOLD, ANDUEDGED WITH WHITE STRICTLY A “THIS SEASON'S NOVELTY.” SASH CURTAINS TO MATCH, Machine-Made Scotch Lace Curtains. (OUR OWN IMPORTATION.) NEW PATTERNS IN BRUSSELS, TAMBOUR, IRISH POINT, CLUNY AND LOUIS XIV DESIGNS. $2.50 To $7.50 A Pus. Irish Point Lace Curtains IN CHOICE DESIGNS. AMONG THE LOT ARE TWO EXCEPTIONAL VALUES. $5 A Pas Acroat Vawwe 87.50. $7.50 A Pus, Acrvat Vaz $10. All Silk Curtains. THREE EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS-3% YARDS LONG AND 50 INCHES WIDE—FRINGED TOP AND BOTTOM. $5 A Pan Acrvat Varve $6. 86 A Paw Acrvan Vatve 87.50. $7.50 A Par Acrvar Varve $10. A Superior Line Of French Tapestry Curtains And Piece Goods IX ORIENTAL, EFFECTS (OUR OWN IMPORTATION)—CURTAINS 3% YARDS LONG AND 00 85 A Par Aorvar Vatve, $6: $10 A Pan = Acreat Varve, $12.50. $13.50 A Pam. — Acrvar Varvr, $18. (7NALP PAS OF ANY OF THE ABOVE CURTAINS, WHEN DESIRED, AT HALF THE PRICE OF 4 Pain. French Tapestry Piece Goods, 50 Ixcuzs Woe, 85c. Yanp. Real Scotch Madras, IN A VARIETY OF ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS AND COLORINGS, 50 INCHES WIDE. B37. Yo. Acrvar Vaux, Tc. Chenille Portieres, IN ALL THE NEWEST DESIGNS AND COLORINGS, FROM $2.50 UPWARD—A VERY CHOICE Lov OF FIFTY PAIRS FIGURED ALL OVER CHENILLE PORTIERES, FRINGED TOP AND BOT- ee $7.50 A Pam Acres, Varce, $10.00. A Thousand 6-4 Chenille Table Covers $1.50. Acros, Vir, $2.50. * E ARE NOT THE USUAL $1.50 GRADE, BUT THE BEST QUALITY CHENILLE MADE, HARE THE HEACIEST KNOTTED FRINGE-WORTH $2.80, WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT PATTERNS AND COLORINGS. Lace Striped Curtain Scrim, 10c. Quarry, Tex 12be. Quvazrry, 10c; 15c. Qvarary, 120. 32-inch Drapery Silks, IN JUST THOSE PRETTY TINTS AND COLOR COMBINATIONS THAT ARE ALWAYS POPULAR, Prax, 50c. Frovu, 374 60. Axo 81. so-inch Figured Drapery Silks, $1.75, $2.50, $3 To 85." Cross-striped Silk and Cotton Drapery 50 Ixcnes Wine, 62% Yo. 32-inch Printed Cotton Velvets FOR MANTEL DRAPERIES, CUSHION COVERS, OVERDRAPERY FOR WINDOWS, ETC., IN ART. ‘They AND ‘OF $1.25 A Yano. New Silkolines, IN ALL THIS SEASON'S COLORINGS — PLAIN AND FIGURED. Prius _324xcu_150. Fiaverp__36.1xcn_15c. +-11th st. bidg.) Printed Swiss Brocades, THE REMAT LOT OF PRINTED SWISS BROCADES, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT 1,000 YARDS, HAS BEEN REDUCED TO peel x 5o. Yaro. Wenz 123 (th floor... (24 foor.. seeeL1th st. bldg.) PRETTIER, BETTER OR MORE DESIRABLE SEWING MACHINE IS MADE THAN THE “CAPITOL” AT $19.50. G CAN BE MORE AN 1 JARGE BIG PRICE LD F its! ST. BLDG) Woovwarn & Lornnor. 10TH, 11TH AND F STS, N.W. WE HAVE Waited Tatil you were home from your summer outing before suzgesting house fixing, but the cool days will sou be upon us, and the time ts now ripe for getting your house in order; we are willing and anx- fous to belp you tn the undertaking. Let us alter and relay the carpets you think of changing around; get rid of that an- Boyance by having the work done in ur house, instend of your home, and then let us sell you the new Carpets you Want for the other rooms, as we save Fou annoyance in the one case, we also Save you money im the other, LOOK AT THESE BARGAINS. We kept them until you bad returned. We have done our part; now you must do yours. Be quick; they won't last long: 1,100 YDS. ‘Tapestry Brussels Carpets, WORTH 9c. and $1 ¥D., FOR Bae. YD. 500 yds. Velvet Carpet, WORTH $1.25 A YD., FOR Sie. YD. 1.500 yds. Best Body Brussels, WORTH $1.25 YD.. POR $1 XD. 700 yds.Best Moquette we #0 YD. FoR xD. ts $35 Solid Oak Chamber ot Suites for $55 G-plece Parlor Suite for $63.50. ‘The Washington public know @ good thing when they see it. So come early. W. H. Hoeke, STH_AND PENNA. AVE. 4 CARLOADS RAFF’S ENTERPRISE, 1241 ln SS E 8e9-3t BAFF’S EXTERPRISE, LEADER Low E. good 1241 lm Sr 8. Remember. these prices only bold = Mond ) Of New fatale FURNITURE |; wee 8s At BF Keexone Cnunce Sree 9 te a 3 3 a Al ©) “before you “tur st down.” Surely your money is better tn bank — drawing interest — thas Jocked up in a lot of house tur- nishings that yield you only serv- ice, When you can buy the same values (or better)—from the same Variety (or larger)—for the same Price (or less)—and teke your own time to pay for them. Be as long about it as you want to~ ts what we mean literally. Of course We must have # perfect upderstapding tog ther — some ask you to promise—merely “say so”—that you will pay cer- tain mounts at stated times, ‘That agreement between our- selves is the only “yoke sbout your neck” the professediy cash houses prate so loudly about. ‘We set you to bhousekeeping— provide everything—on these conditions—of a little down—ané & Little pertodicalty. ‘That's “Equitable.” ‘That's “Credit.” ‘That's our “System.” Bow now? Can't we trade? Craig & Harding’s. svi will got find a more complete Stock of five grade furniture ip the city than here. We have been unloading furniture all this week from early torning till Jate Jn the evening. Mere is @ straw that points a moral: A lady came in to look at our furniture after she had practically decided upon purchares which had been laid aside for her elsewhere. We showed ber through the stock and the result was she coun- termanded her order elsewhere and pur- chased of os, being compelled to a> knowledge that our furniture was far superior im constraction, workmanship and design and the prices were lower. Carlead of Iron and Brass Beds. Each season notes a steadily increas- ing demand for iron and brass beds. Their lightness, cleanliness, durability and consequent “economy” make them line em- braces Brass Beds, Irou Beds and Brass- and-Iron combined. We can sell you an excellent Iron Bed, with brass knobs, at §7.50 each. Enamel Iron Bed, with brass rod at head and foot and brass knobs, only $13.00, Enamel Tron Cribs, with brass trim- mings, only $10. All-Brass Single Beds, $22. All-Brass Double Beds, $28 and up. More Folding Beds ‘We bave sgain added to our large stock of folding beds. Excellent Mantel Folding Beds, all complete, equal to others’ $15 beds. Only $10 Each. 12 Fine Chitfonier Folding Beds, highly polished, panel front, equal to any beds elsewhere at $25. Only $21 Each. ‘The “Gunn” Folding Beds embrace Wardrobe, Writing Desk, Book Case, Dresser and Bed complete and are fiin- ished im oak, birch, maple and ma- 3 Carloads of Chamber Suites —have been opened this week. Among them 1s a superb line of Fine Chamber Suites, with “Cheval” Dremers. Also & number of Pine Curly Birch Chamber Bultes—our great “specialty.” As season's “leader” we propose to offer Aine of Curly Birch Chamber Suites at $30, which cannot be duplicated in this city under $37.50. CRAIG & HARDING, Cor 13th & F sts. THEY LOOK ALIKE, —But they are vastly tnferior in nutri- ment, whiteness and fineness. ‘We refer to the various brands of Sour bagged to imitate “CERES.” Each barrel and sack of “Genuine Ceres" contains a circular signed in au- tograph by Win. M. Galt & Co. and bear- ing the imprint of two gold medals. Look for it and do not be deceived. Wm. [1. Galt & Co., “*Wholesale Plour and Feed Dealers,” COR. 18T AND IND. AVE. N.W. How Are Your Feet? and sore from os come to WIL e.) o.) #s ° Ai * + a3 * a3 Hovse & Meson. 3 ‘17, 919, 921, 823 TTH ST.. § => qomane ave &w. So 2 2 DOD a a 2 Leaders, Gloves & Waists. § leaders from oor immense variety of bargains we quote the following as fair representation of what the rest of the flock areiike. ADIES' IRISH LAWN WAISTS, skin and chamois, white, pearl, Diack and colors, Were 88. Sane Carhart & Leidy, 928 7th St. at If_they are tend ek es} THORNE ; oe + W Wilson&Carr,|, | OMEN, 4 WASH, D.C. ae Ik iu Praitate to adopt a trentunent N so \ V % \ bls \ Electropoise) ¢ ‘ Artasite Execrrororse Co, a Infaliivle Tnflamtuation, Ulcerations. in disonses of Monday’s Special Is rather wourn. ‘ \ ‘our candies. ¢ UPTERCUP be mal and A to 3 ane Clniles 10 be ness by a Laves' Hovse, witdone in fr W0to 12am. 105 p.m. “all Monday. Th & F Sis ‘Souvenir free with = ya | , 728 Um Ss NW. Q